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Three-quarters of students aged 11 to 15 years from government schools in India receiving spectacles wear them at follow-up

Most Students Receiving Spectacles Wear Them at Follow-Up

Poorer presenting visual acuity and improvement in visual acuity with correction predict spectacle wear
Improving clinic capacity to respond to patients' social needs may reduce primary care physician burnout

Physician Burnout Tied to Ability to Address Social Needs

Risk for burnout lower in clinics with social worker, pharmacist on care team
Discontinuing tumor necrosis factor inhibitors before gestational week 20 in women with well-controlled rheumatoid arthritis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis is not associated with disease worsening in late pregnancy

Discontinuing TNFi Before Gestational Week 20 Is Feasible

No clinically meaningful disease worsening among women with well-controlled RA, juvenile arthritis
Physicians who receive direct pharmaceutical payments for opioid prescribing prescribe more opioids

Direct-to-Doctor Payments May Increase Opioid Prescribing

Prescribers receiving opioid-specific payments prescribed 8,784 more opioid daily doses per year
More black index patients diagnosed with HIV are interviewed for partner services than all index patients combined

CDC: Most Black HIV Patients Interviewed for Partner Services

78 percent of partners identified were notified of potential exposure; 47 percent were tested for HIV
For patients with chronic pain

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Also Benefits Chronic Pain

Compared with control, relative advantages seen for MBSR, cognitive behavioral therapy
A pharmacist-led

Pharmacist-Led Phone Follow-Up May Cut Readmission Rates

Intervention for polypharmacy patients linked to improved readmission rates, time to readmission
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Longitudinal TNF Levels Mainly Stable With Adalimumab in RA

Early low TNF strongly associated with formation of antidrug antibodies, may predict nonresponse
For older men

Hearing Loss Linked to Subjective Cognitive Function Decline

Findings seen in older men; risk for SCF decline also up for men with severe hearing loss using hearing aids
In utero exposure to higher levels of maternal glucose is associated with higher glucose levels and insulin resistance during childhood

Maternal Glucose in Pregnancy Tied to Child’s Glucose Outcomes

Maternal fasting plasma glucose is positively associated with FPG and A1C in childhood